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Catching a Creased Pfg.
hEADQ R $ DEP T OF THE PLATTE,
Office Chief Commissary of Subsistence

HEADERS DEPT OF THE PLATTE.
Office Chief Commissary of Subsistence
OMAHA, Neb., Sept |, 1887.
Sealed proposals, In triplicate, addressed
to the undersigned, will be received at
this office until II o'clock, noon, central
standard time, September 80, 1887, for
furnishing and delivery at the subsistence
s%torehouse in this city, the following arti.
Giles: vinegar, laundry soap, family -four
and lard. Proposals will also be received
and opened at the same time at this Office
and by the subsistence officers at the fol
lowing named places for such amounts of
issue flour, onions and potatoes as NAV
be required to be delivered at those places,
or on board cars, produced or manufac.
tured in the vicinity thereof. viz: Chey-
enne depot, Forts Bridger, Douglas, Du
Chesne, Laramie, Mckinney. Niobrara,
Robinson, Sidney and Camp Pilot Butte.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
proposals. Specifications showing in de-
tail the articles and quantities required
and giving full information will be fur.
nished on application to this Office or to
the subsistence officers at the places
named. JOHN p. HAWKINS,
Major and C g
, 1887-09-03
TOW TALK.
Cosby Little paragraphs Picked U
Throughout the City.

The highest temperature yesterday was
74'. the lowest 4S0.
Mccoy occupied the witness stand for
five hours yesterday.
Jas. NJ. Culver and wife have decided
to Milton Taylor lot Z, block 800, for 81.
The offices of train dispatcher and divi-
sion superintendent are now in the new
depot.
A practice game of ball will be played
by the Red Stockings south of the track
this afternoon.
"This store opens at 7 p. IN. this even
ing" is the legend hanging inside the
door of an Eddy street establishment.
Seats are now on sale at Rhodes T.
Troxells for the grand sacred concert to
be given at the opera house to morrow
night.
Geo. w. Jones, formerly of this city,
sends THE LEADER a copy of the Omaha
Worlds special edition which booms
Omaha.
Edwin W. Bennett. of Fort Fred
Steel, Carbon county, has been appointed
custodian of the abandoned military res.
walton at that place.
A gentleman in town has received a
letter from a Pittsburg man asking what
inducement would be offered him to locate
a glass factory in Cheyenne.
The ball players have been unable to
secure the fair grounds for next Sundays
game. There will be an exhibition con-
test at the foot of Eddy street at 2:30 p.
m. Sunday.
Robt. F. Reamey, the well known
barber, has disposed of his Eddy street
establishment. and will hereafter conduct
a business at his new shop in the Metro
politan hotel.
Many people continue to put one cent
stamps on letters intended for the city.
A two cent stamp is now required for a
drop letter, Just the same as though it
were addressed to any part of the United
States.
The mar who stole $75 from his room
mate Wednesday night is in Jail. A
greater portion of the money has been
recovered. The complainant has refused
to prosecute the man who appropriated
the money, being convinced, he says, that
tie theft was not malicious.
Marshal Schnitger has refused to license
a number OF cane rack. and knife board
'fakirs" WIN wish to operate in the city
during fair week. This is decidedly
proper. These travelling 'fakirs'' are a
nuisance, and as a rule are neither too
honest to steal nor too proud to beg"
, 1887-09-03

TWO Cinnamon Come TO Grief In an
Attempt to Mimic.

Sam Chang is a leading pigtailed cit.
zen who conducts a laundry on Capitol
avenue near Eighteenth street. Sam wa
badly affected with a sad case of enlarge
ment of the heart last evening. He Wis,
tied a Sixteenth street commission house,
and after haggling with a clerk for three,
quarters of an hour, purchased a large
watermelon, for which he paid TWO bits.
The Celestial carried the melon to his
domicile. plugged it, and poured about
a quart of Chinese whisky. which is 9
mixture composed of raw alcohol and
brass filings, into the interior of his treas
IRE. Then Mr.. Chang and his assistant
foreman tackled the article and devoured
1t In about three minutes by the clock in
the Presbyterian church tower.
80 soon as the foreign ingredients which
formed a greater portion OF the dessert
began TO operate there was trouble in the
industrial institution. When last seen
Sam Chang was attempting to climb o
tree about an inch in diameter, while his
assistant was in hot pursuit with a two
foot dirk knife. AT a late hour last night
thee miGrants from the stone wall empire
had declared peace and taken solemn oaths
never to again attempt to mimic bon-ton
American methods.
, 1887-09-03
A RECOLLECTION.
The VISIT Of an Actor Recalls a Forgot
ten Event.

Sheridan Corbyn, advance agent for the
Frank Mayo combination, was in town
yesterday. Corbyn is not a stranger in
Cheyenne nor a novice in the theatrical
business. He has been on the road
since 1857, and several years ago was
about to become famous as a comedian
when he suddenly quit the stage.
Corbyn was a leading member of the
i'll tated California Through. Death Val.
ley company, a combination which lived
about three fourths of a season several
years ago. The versatile Will l.. Viss-
cher was low comedian for the outfit, a
fact which probably fastened Its demise
The troupe visited this city in 1882, and
a few of the people who were sober
enough attempted to present the blood
curdhng play.
Just as the william was about to slay an
Indian disguised as a grizzly bear. one of
the inebriated actors rushed from the
wings and called q halt, in order that he
might make a few remarks to the audi
ence.
Staggering to a chair and facing the
seventy-fv people who had paid four
bits each to see the play, the individual
who had appeared without the regular
cue, said: Good people, good people. go
to the door and get your money back.
This show is IA fraud, a id fraud"
Ere the speaker could utter another
sentence II brave scout knocked him down
with an old musket. and Tin Belly. an
Arapahoe chief, assisted by Can-Can, his
squaw. and several supes, consigned the
helpless man to a merciless policeman
who had put in a timely appearance. The
performance then continued, and might
have been worse. though not much
worse. The combination died a natural
death in Denver shortly after the Chey-
enne engagement, and the members
assumed various roles in the struggle for
three meals a day. Corbyn secured funds
and continued eastward. Visscher was
engaged by the Denver Republican, but
shortly afterward landed in Cheyenne.
, 1887-09-03
The weather for August.

According to the meteorological sum
mary for August, furnished this Office by
Signal Service Officer f. B. Olney. the
mean temperature was 62.90. This figure
for the same month has been lower only
three times in the past seventeen years.
The highest velocity of the wind was
AZ miles; prevailing direction. south.
The total precipitation of rain was !. 80
inches; 81 more than in August, 1856.
Clear days in August ), fair days %,
cloudy days 3.
, 1887-09-03
New Mining Company.

The Hamburg Mining company has
been Incorporated, with a capital stock Of
10000 900. The principal place of busi-
ness of the organization will be in Chey-
enne, but it may operate in any state OF
territory in the United States. Davis
Patton, VIM. T. Shortridge, Geo. f.
Morgan, Geo. W. Sewers, and II. B.
Kelly are trustees for the ensuing year.
The majority of the incorporators are
Cheyenne capitalists.
, 1887-09-03

The ladies' of the Cheyenne Relief
Association will hold a fair in Keefe hall
Wednesday, September 7, from 4 to 10
p. m, and Thursday, September 8, from
] to 10 p. N.
Supper from 6 to 10 O'Clock both
nights.
Lynch from | to 3 o'clock Thursday,
September 8.
There will also be a sale of fancy arti-
cles and other attractions.
All persons having fancy articles to
donate, send to Keefe hall after 10 o'clock
September 7.
Admission 25 cents; Supper so cents;
lunch so cents.
, 1887-09-03

The board of arbitration or appraisers
IN the right of way case of the Cheyenne
& Burlington Railway company VS.. Kelly
q Shannon, have awarded the latter
damages in the sum of 81, 982. The
amount requested was $40, 900, the sum
offered 5 5000. Messrs. R. B. Horrie,
j. G. Baird and c. P. Organ were the
arbitrators. Attorney o. P. Shannon
represented the defense, Potter & Van
Devanter conducted the case for the rail-
way company.
, 1887-09-03

OF the shooting of Gum by Mccoy in the
saloon OF Waters several hours after the
occurrences at the establishment of Hogle
q Mccoy. In substance he stated the
facts from his standpoint in almost the
same words used by Watson. Gum had
entered the saloon; Mccoy said. Good
morning, Charlie; are you heeledP" and
fired; Gum regained possession of his
revolver, which had fallen as he
fell, mechanically pointed it in the
direction of Mccoy as he held
his body from the floor with
one hand and one knee, when Mccoy,
apparently fearful of being shot at. blew
Gunn's brains out. Lockwood partially
admitted at n time that he believed that
Gunn was practically dead when the muir
derer fired a second shot. The witness at
hrst stated that he was a cowboy by oc-
cupation, but when confronted with the
assertion that this calling was an
Questionable pastime in January stated
that he was dealing mont " during his
residence In Lusk last winter.
Lockwood's material testimony was
confined TO the assertion that Gum at
"pIe 70 uraw ms revolver upon Nc
0of' pu' the weapon caught In his clothes.
H MURDERER EXAMINED.
ihere was an awakening OF the flag
Ging interest when Dan Began. alias
VIM nc|oS' ascended to the stand to
I fAafNFr -. L.. - ~
~ III MS own Dehaii late yesterday
anVon' During the examination in
cniei ne was rather calm The mar is
extremely Drazen' and looks the brute he
ID "l'hout the slightest change in de
meanor or attitude he unconcernedly re-
iateu now When Waters and Gunn were
S'anuing outside ms place OF business
WIN re'oivers IN their hands he FASTENED
10 arm nimselt' and would have given
oa''ie 10 Inc Two men but for the inter-
terence Oh ballou and Sweeney, who held
nn Tue next breath this paragon
" "u'n' TINS uneducated and dumb
"eSperauo VINO was willing to fight two
men oeoiareu anu reiterated mat he shot
..nn D'oeuse nc was aleard OF nm.
hi'ef .he Tragedy 10 ne stated he had
s,arteu toward the residence OF Deputy
onerih o"ehs with the intention OF dellv-
efins himself 10 the olncer, buS fearing
moo violence nau concluded to flee 1t
"sS conceded py all that Judge Lacey
nuleu not ohly Mccoy but all OF
'ne witnesses lor tne ueiense In a mastery
"annei eiicl'ihg every sentence. word
inc syllaole that could possibly be uttered
Il Oe"Ail VI hiS client
Moof ohoss.EAAhlNED.
"nen frosecutlhg Attorney Stoll began
W qu'''iOn tne texas fugitive the latter
"'AAeneu slSioly' ne nad listened to the
oioSs ques'iohing Oh watson and Lock
"oou' anu knew what to
eApe9U vi ABOUT lou questions asked
MN by nlr. oton up to IL O'Clock last
niRn'' mccoy could not or would not,
answer ulrectly more than twenty hive.
ne carefully eiuded the pointed queries of
Tue prosecutor ana gave eVaslve answers
W questions "nion called Tor a mere
aihrmseiVe OF negative lie stated at one
'ime tnat ne murdered Gunn because
Vi tne weight OF threats made by a mar
Vi Ills rePu1atlon' 10 you wish to dis,
'usS Vne reputation question: MIR. Boganf
qI'cHlS inquired the prosecution. No;
MI Dogah ana his counsel did not desire
A. lntFouuce matters foreign to the case.
hcooy salu enough In the course of the
TO convict himself.
Ohaer 'hc constant hre OF undesirable and
, 1887-09-03

Heine, the famous violinist, assisted by
Madame Heine and daughter, the accom-
plished p~ianiste and soprano, appear in a
grand sacred concert Sunday night. The
trio drew crowded houses throughout
Colorado.
, 1887-09-03

Old people suffer much from disorders
OF the urinary organs, and are always
gratihed at the wonderful effect of DR.. j.
ID. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm in
banishinR their troubles, 81. 90 per bottle.
, 1887-09-03

Come and get a pair of my 50 shoes.
You can't buy the same anywhere for less
than 81. A. POLACK.
, 1887-09-03
Novelty Races. Games and Prizes.

Novelty Races, Games and Prizes.
The First National Bank offers $50 in
Prizes as FoHo,cs:
$500 finest boy baby under Is months
old.
$1,000 finest glrl baby under IS months
old.
$1,000 finest piece of needlework by girl
under l6 years old.
5000 finest piece of needlework BY
girl under II years old.
Kent NoUelty Races.
Conditions-All horses entered to 90
three miles under saddle and to carry
$50 lbs. weight; to trot the first mile. to
run the second mile, and to walk the
third mile. For horse reaching end of
first mile first, $1,000. For horse reach
ing end of second mile first, Sl5 90. For
hors3 reaching end of third mile first
1926. 90.
SiOI0 Mule Race.
Conditions-hfuie to run one mile m
der saddle and to be ridden BY owners
who must exchange mules before the
start, that is to say, no one will be per-
mitted to ride his own mule. Omen tn
all. Premiums, first SO. 90, second 81. 90.
third 81. so.
Sack RACE.
Conditions-Parties to start in a sack
tied around the neck, to go fifty wards.
Premium, $500 for winner.
Climbing a Creased Pole.
Conditions-A pole twenty-five feet
long will be erected, the same will first
be tarred, then creased. Any person
who succeeds in climbing to the top will
receive $500. No climbing irons or
hooks to be used.
Catching a Creased Pig.
Conditions-A pig will be shaven and
creased. 1t will then be turned loose in
the arena, opposite the grand stand.
Whoever succeeds in catching the pig will
get the same and $50
No entrance money will be charged in
any of the above races or games. Make
YOU entries now.
, 1887-09-03

On or about Aug. 20 l will locate in l..
Loeb's clothing store. | am a practical
and artistic furrier of eighteen years ex-
p%erience and respectfully solicit the pat
ronage of the citizens.
NORTH MEHEsY.
, 1887-09-03

An elegant line of trunks received to,
day. They will be sold cheap.
A. PoLACK, The Clothier.
, 1887-09-03

NON>A trife with any Throat or
Lung Disease. II you have
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is q positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and SOC
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-09-03
WANTS.

WANTED-A competent girl to do gen
eral housework. Apply at 454, corner
Twenty-irst and Evans streets.
, 1887-09-03

Engraving in all its branches Is done al
ZEHNER, BUECHNER & Co.'S.
, 1887-09-03

To RENT-House, in excellent location,
for rent and nice furniture for sale. Adj
dress P. o. box 53l.
, 1887-09-03
FERRIS MOVES HOUSES
206 Fifteenth street.


NOTICE.
l have moved my Office to Draper,
Organ & Co. 8, and request all those in
debted to me to call in at once and settle,
either by cash or approved notes.
GEO. A. DRAPER.
, 1887-09-03
Removal

The Cheyenne City Gas c~ompany's
office has been removed to the Warren
emporium.
, 1887-09-03

For RENT. -Ofices, houses and fur
nished or unfinished rooms. s. B.
Tuttle, with f. 4. Warren.
, 1887-09-03

For RENT-By Ferris. nicely furnished
houses and rooms. 206 Fifteenth street
, 1887-09-03
Heavy Gales in England.

LONDON, Sept. "A heavy gale is
prevailing in Great Britain. Many minor
shipping casualties have been reported,
and numeous telegraph wires are down.
There has also been a heavy fall of rain
and the rivers in Devonshire have over.
flowed their banks.
The steamer Samaria, which left Liver
pool Aug. 81, with ! 900 passengers, has
been sighted returning to Queenstown
disabled.
, 1887-09-03

OF Ladies' Long Portmonaies Just re
ceived at Hunts Eagle Pharmacy.
, 1887-09-03

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader office
, 1887-09-03

Warranty deeds at the Leader office.
, 1887-09-03

For fine watch repairing,
DAVID MILLER, Idelman block.
, 1887-09-03
FOB SALE.

A lev lot OF mining boots just received
at A Polack's, The Clothier.
, 1887-09-03
FOR RENT.

For RENT. The one story brick house
corner Twenty first and Ferguson streets.
Apply to John Chase.
, 1887-09-03
NEW LOCAL NOTICES
Money to Loan

money TO Loan
On approved security. Pollard & Rich
ards.
, 1887-09-03

ives & historical Dept; Oh ven.a. rvo
, 1887-04-05
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Judge May
nard continues to act as second comp
troller Of the treasury and will not assume
his new duties as assistant secretary until
Wednesday next. Tho delay in making
the change is due to Maynard's desire to
dispose of certain important matters pend
ing in the second comptroller Office.
The commissioner of the general land
Office to-day forwarded to the surveyor
general for California Il patent dated
March 20, 1887, for an addition to the
city Of San Francisco under a special act
Of congress of Dec. 90, 1886. This
patent covers an area of nearly 239 acres.
The total redemption of trade dollars.
according to the latest returns. amounts
to SO, 1875, 1876. . Redemptions arc slow
and indicate that there are less of these
coins in existence than was at first sup
posed. 1t is now thought that the entire
redemptions will not exceed six or seven
million dollars.
The commissioner of the general land
office has recommended that patents be
issued to the Northern Pacific Railroad
company for lands along so much of the
road as lies between a point near Duluth,
in Minnesota, and the Missouri river, in
Dakota, but states his opinion that no
lands should be patented to said company
on any other portion of the road.
The supreme court decided an impor-
tant suit, one of thirty-ive brought by
the national banks Iof New York against
the municipal authorities of that city, to
restrain collection of taxes assessed upon
shares of stock of said banks. The ques-
ton raised by the case is whether or moi
the system OF laws enforced in the state
of New York is in opposition to section
5zl6 of revised statutes of the United
States, which requires that taxation Of
shares OF national banks shall not be at a
greater rate than is assessed upon other
monied capital in the hands Of individual
citizens of said state. This court answers
that question in the negative, and afirms
the decree of the court below in favor Of
the state. This is a very important decis-
ion as taxes to the amount of more than
50, 900, 900 arc involved, and national
bank stock affected by it amounts to more
than $50, 900 900. A similar decision
was rendered in the case of the National
Newark Banking company against the
mayor and common council of the city of
NaUart
, 1887-04-05
WAR SPECK.
Indications of War Between
England and Venezuela.
Six Thousand Carpenters on
Strike in Chicago.
D%ynamiters at Work--A Dele
gate Exiled.
a WAR spECk.
A Speck of War.

SANTIAGO DE- CUBA, April News
Just received from Venzuela reports stir
ring times there. Three British men-of-
war are in the harbor of Puerto Caballo,
port of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.
The British minister has left the capital
and is on board one of the wal ships. dip
lomatic relations between the British and
VENEZUELAN governments having been sew
cred. The complications are due to the
Imprisonment of English sailors and citi-
zens in 1883 without just cause, inter
mixed with a question of boundaries
between British Guiana and VENEZUELA.
Sir William Robertson, British minister
at Caracas, demanded satisfaction and the
release of the sailors and passengers of the
English vessels Henrietta and Josephine,
and later demanded compensation from
Venzueal but without result. In October
last the English government demanded
an instant reply. The matter was AGAR
brought before the government of Ven
zuela at Caracas, but as nc satisfaction
could be obtained diplomatic relations
were severed, as before stated.
A Royal Mail steamer has been dis
patched to n of the islands for troops.
V~enzuelans consider a dire crisis at hand.
They had refused to yield when the steam.
re sailed.
, 1887-04-05

To use St. Jacobs oil argues wisdom,
as it is the only remedy which conquers
pain.
, 1887-04-05
An Island w anted.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 4.-Great
Britain has demanded 100000 Of
Hayti. as settlement in full of old de-
mands. Failing. its immediate payment she
wants Tattugar island, which lies off the
north coast of Hayti. The island is some
thirty miles long, and Is well wooded and
watered. 1t is inhabited by a small fish
ing population. The settlement of claimi
has been entrusted to a special commits
sioner, Mr.. Clement Hill, who is at pres
ent on board the war ship Canada, await
ing final adjustment.
, 1887-04-05

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 4;;-The cleo
ton in Cleveland to-day for municipal
officers was a surprise to the Republicans;
The entire Democratic ticket, headed by
b. d. Babcock. candidate for mayor, was
elected by about 5000 majority. The
board of aldermen is probably Democratic
also.
PALESTINE, Texas, April 4.-Col. VIM.
II. Martin, Democratic nominee. was to-
day elected to congress from this, the
second district, to fill the unexpired term
of John II. Reagan. A very light vote
was polled. The Republicans presented
no candidate.
CINCINNATI, April 4, IL p. m.-The
board of elections has Just completed the
footing on the head of the ticket, which
shows w. II. Stevenson, labor candidate
for mayor, to be elected by ten votes. The
figures are: Stevenson, l7,4l4; Smith,
Republican, l7,404; Matson, Democrat,
1l,547. They have returns from all pre-
cincts in the city. OF course, with such
a result. the official count will have to be
awaited for the real verdict. An inspec-
ton of the vote indicates that the re-
mainder of the ticket will be Republican,
except the Judge of the police court.
1925 A. M.-The labor men are shout.
ing at their headquarters and on the
streets in honor of their victory. The
board of elections has revised its compu.
tation and finds a mistake which shows
thar Smith, Republican, is elected by..over
600 majority,
DUBUQUE, Ia. April AT the city
election to day the Knights of Labor
ticket made a full sweep, electing every
man on the city ticket and every alder
man. 1t was q complete revolution and
surprise. The vote stood: Noelker, Labor,
1884; Preston, Democrat, l,23s, and
Gillian, Republican, LOSS, being TAG
plurality for Voelker. The next council
will stand: Eight Knights of Labor, of
whom three hold over- two elected last
year as Republicans and one as a Demo-
crat; the other two aldermen are one
Democrat and one Republican.
DETROIT. April Michigan electors
to day cast their ballots for two justices OF
the state supreme court, two regents of
the university and two amendments to the
constitution, besides county officers. The
amendments were for an increase in SAL
aries of state officers and on the prohibi.
ton of the liquor traffic. Both liquor and
anti liquor men have worked hard, a lively
campaign being the result. 1t is almost
an impossibility to give definite returns
to night. Enough. however, is known to
show that the Republicans have elected
their state ticket by a safe plurality.
CHICAGO, April This evening all
United Labor ticket ~peddlers received in
structions to be at their ward h~eadquar-
tiers by 4;30 in the morning, to insure an
early start IN their work. The polls do
not open until G a. M, but there is evil
dent anticipation that large crowds will
be present long before that hour. No au-
thoritative expression Of what the Repub-
Leans expect to accomplish in the way Of
majorities can be had tonight. A much
heavier total voto than Greenhut's $50
%cialist) prediction is expected.
, 1887-04-05
A Delegate EXlled.

PARIS, April 4.--Antoine, Professor
delegate to the reichstag. who was ex-
PEELED from Germany, has arrived here.
In an interview to-day he said: 81 was
sitting in the Cafe Turc. at Metz, as was
my custom, at 10 o'clock at night, when Q
detective entered, glanced around and de-
parted. Then a sub-inspector of police
entered, placed me under arrest and in.
formed me that ! must leave the country
Immediately. The policeman accom-.
panied me to my home, where | badC
adieu to my wife and family, and they did
not leave me until | was over the iron.
tier."